Ash-sifting shovel.



v C. F. WILEY.

ASH SIFTING SHOVEL. l APP`L|cATloN FILED JULY 5. |917,

1 277,279. l Patented Aug. 27,' 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CALVIN F. vW'ILEY, 0F COLUMBUS, OHIO.

ASH-SIFTING SHOVEL.

VSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

' Application led July 5, 1917. Serial No. 178,716.

To all whom t 'mag/concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN F. WILEY, aY

citizen of the United States, and resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Siftng Shovels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shovels; the dominant object'of the invention being to provide an ash siftingl shovel whereby ashes can be gathered and sifted, thus,'retaining such fuel as may be therein y and discharging the Waste from the same.

Among other aims and objects of the in-l vention may be recited, the provision of a shovel of the character mentioned with a view to compactness, and in which the number` of parts are few, the construction simple, the cost of production small, and efficiency and operation high.

The improvements in the details and arrangements of parts will be apparent from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in connection with the specic descriptionhereinafter contained, and wherein the preferred embodiment ofthe invention is disclosed for the purpose of imparting a full understanding ofthe same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan of the improved shovel; and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough.

I-Iaving more particular reference tol the drawings, and in connection with which like reference characters will refer to corresponding parts, vthe improved shovel comprises a frame designated in its entirety by' the numeral 1 and comprising side and center stays and an end stay, this stay serving as the forward edge of the shovel. It is to be noted in this connection, that the various stays from which the frame is formed are so bent as to constitute theV usual scooped shaped shovel, the rear end thereof being so arranged as tol provide an eificientfsocket for receiving a handle 2 therein,'the handle in turn Vbeing secured to the same byl fastening bolts or other suitable fastenings 'therethrough.

Over the frame land clamped between the side and end stays thereof which are formed of channeled metal, is a coarse mesh screen. 3, the rear portion being crimped as vatl l in order that it will conform to theV curvature of the rear portions of the various stays. The center stayof theJ frame not only serves as means for supporting the intermediate portion of the wire mesh 8 but also asy an efficient skid and protector therefor, thus, allowing the shovel to be readily engaged with ashes or other matter.

` In operation, the shovel is moved into engagement with the ashes arranged in the pit of a furnace and with the same arranged thereon is vibrated to cause the sifting of the waste therefrom through the screen 3 and the retaining of such fuel as may be in the ashes Vupon the shovel. After the sifting operation, the cinders may be readily kdischarged from the shovel into a binV or body portion, channeled metal side strips engaging the side edges thereof, a channeled metal end strip extending across the front edge ofthe same, and a center stay extending longitudinally beneath the body of the shovel.

2. A shovelk comprising la foraminated body portion, channeled met-al side strips engaging the side edges thereof, the rear ends of said strips kprojecting centrally from the rear edge of the body in parallel spaced relation and having oppositely curved faces adapted to receive a handle therebetween, a

. channeled metal end 'strip extending across fthe front edge of the body, and a longitukdinally'extending center stay disposed beneath thev body of the shovel having its rear end'connected with the handle, and its front end with the lfront end strip of the shovel.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature hereto. i

CALVIN F. "WILEY.

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